Commercial: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pamphlet titled Commercial. The pamphlet is one of eight found in a portfolio titled Soul City. The pamphlet is printed using brown and black ink. It describes how the shopping district of the community will be designed and planned and what potential residents can expect from in the commercial district of the town. It features maps of the shopping district of the planned community and images of shops.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca.1976
• Published by: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, American, founded 1965
• Subject of: Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: L x W: 6 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (16.5 x 31.1 cm)
• Place used: Soul City, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Black geographies
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Housing
• Topic: Urban planning
• Object number: 2011.109.13.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Trumpauer-Mulholland Collection
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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